Mare Nubium
Americannoun
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And last fall the moon took the biggest impact we've ever seen, when a huge meteorite slammed into the area known as the Mare Nubium basin.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 25, 2014
Moving faster than 37,900 mph, the meteorite smashed into a region known as Mare Nubium with the force of about 15 tons of TNT.
From Reuters ● Feb. 25, 2014
That," Van was saying, "is a prominent crater near the Mare Nubium.
From Astounding Stories, August, 1931 by Various
GUERIKE.—The most southerly member of a remarkable group of partially destroyed walled-plains, standing in an isolated position in the Mare Nubium.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Thomas Gwyn Elger
To their practical, common sense vision Mare Nubium, the Cloudy Sea, was an immense depression of the surface, sprinkled here and there with a few circular mountains.
From All Around the Moon by Edward Roth
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